diff --git a/.ci/install-downstream.sh b/.ci/install-downstream.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f9b0e36b3c5cf1ecde5558ee6c703bac0192521e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.ci/install-downstream.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Installs the downstream project specified in $DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT
-
-set -o errexit
-
-if [[ "$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT" = "mirgecom" ]]; then
-    git clone "https://github.com/illinois-ceesd/$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT.git"
-else
-    git clone "https://github.com/inducer/$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT.git"
-fi
-
-cd "$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT"
-echo "*** $DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT version: $(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
-
-transfer_requirements_git_urls ../requirements.txt ./requirements.txt
-edit_requirements_txt_for_downstream_in_subdir
-
-export CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env-py3.yml
-
-# Avoid slow or complicated tests in downstream projects
-export PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-k 'not (slowtest or octave or mpi)'"
-
-if [[ "$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT" = "mirgecom" ]]; then
-    # can't turn off MPI in mirgecom
-    export CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=conda-env.yml
-    export CISUPPORT_PARALLEL_PYTEST=no
-    echo "- mpi4py" >> "$CONDA_ENVIRONMENT"
-else
-    sed -i "/mpi4py/ d" requirements.txt
-fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 21239a687f6be98ce99af79a33fe4a2e28ed25b2..5bdb399ae1fc46628f902b8929dd0f052bf4b451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ jobs:
     downstream_tests:
         strategy:
             matrix:
-                downstream_project: [grudge, pytential, mirgecom]
+                downstream_project: [grudge, pytential, mirgecom, mirgecom_examples]
         name: Tests for downstream project ${{ matrix.downstream_project }}
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
@@ -138,23 +138,6 @@ jobs:
             run: |
                 curl -L -O https://tiker.net/ci-support-v0
                 . ./ci-support-v0
-                source .ci/install-downstream.sh
-                build_py_project_in_conda_env
-                test_py_project
-
-    mirgecom_examples:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        name: Examples for downstream project mirgecom
-        steps:
-        -   uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        -   name: "Main Script"
-            env:
-                DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT: mirgecom
-            run: |
-                curl -L -O https://tiker.net/ci-support-v0
-                . ./ci-support-v0
-                source .ci/install-downstream.sh
-                build_py_project_in_conda_env
-                examples/run_examples.sh ./examples
+                test_downstream "$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT"
 
 # vim: sw=4
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2b8ef1cb8fa3adc29f1f4a4e058c5dd5d4eab0c6..67ec280c85567990560a62f8a5a8e2d2bbe2d83e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -111,3 +111,17 @@ Pylint:
   - python3
   except:
   - tags
+
+Downstream:
+  parallel:
+    matrix:
+    - DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT: [grudge, pytential, mirgecom, mirgecom_examples]
+  tags:
+  - large-node
+  - "docker-runner"
+  script: |
+    curl -L -O https://tiker.net/ci-support-v0
+    . ./ci-support-v0
+    test_downstream "$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT"
+
+# vim: sw=2